if you look down
It is starting to look a bit colourful around town. Apart from the 'arctic poppies' that grow wild all over town the other plants are all ground hugging in open areas close to the waters edge.
Some are in full bloom and some are in early stages
These three are along the top of the beach, the last photo in the shade of an old oil tank are what locals call 'Tulligunnaks'. When in bloom they have a yellow to orange flower. Usually grow in the sand and rocks along the exposed beach areas, but this shady spot seems no hindrance to this ones growth.
Just as well I got out and took some photos yesterday, cant see past the houses across the road this morning, and the forecast does not look good.
I cracked a joke with Paul about him testing his whistle before leaving yesterday. I said there will be now one to hear you out there. he replied "hopefully Richard will".
Well hopefully he will.
6 comments:
Are you able to grow any food crops in Nain? Either above or below ground?
The Moravian missionaries had large community gardens back in their day, mainly root vegetables that kept for a bit.
Once they left the Inuit [the labor] did not keep them up.
I grow various loose leaf cabbage, lettuce, spinach, and beans some times, you can grow other varieties but it is a long hard slog.
First you have to create raised beds, not a lot of usable soil around. Moravians used sea weed a lot mixed in with soil and sand.
My dad used to mix seaweed in with the soil, it's a great fertiliozer, but a bit salty.
The arctic flowers are so lovely, they have to get all their flowering done fast as the season is so short. Love the pictures!
i find your weather very similar to what were experiencing in our area this year.
rhubarb should grow well there.
Yes, of course the rhubarb. Some homes have it growing around there homes, not big lots.
There is a large patch of it up at the old abandoned community of Okak. Some people go up there around late September to harvest it, and fish of course. The Moravians introduced that too I think.
Thanks Ex Sham. I will try get more later in the very short growing season.
There is actually one person in town who grows lettuce of different varieties, tomatoes, peppers, root vegatables, herbs,spinach, cucumbers, berries, chives, etc. He also has chickens and sells fresh eggs. By the way the poppies are not arctic poppies but rather Icelandic poppies introduced by the Moravians. The arctic poppies, also known as mountain poppies, grow and are native to areas north of Hebron.
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